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4,600 | 15,271 | 1,479,727 | Herring | 2024-06-16T22:51:26Z | A **herring** is a small teleost fish of the genus *Clupea*. Best-known of this family is probably the Atlantic herring. There are 15 different species of herring. When herrings migrate in the water they usually do this in large numbers; this is then called a *school* of herring. Like other fish, they do this for prote... | [] |
4,601 | 15,275 | 935,234 | Ray | 2022-11-05T18:54:47Z | The **rays**, or **batoids**, are a group of cartilaginous fish containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families. They include four orders.
Rays are mostly flattened in shape, and usually demersal, living and eating at the bottom of the sea. The group first appears in the Triassic period, after 95% of m... | [] |
4,602 | 15,276 | 9,889,533 | Tuna | 2024-11-17T17:56:09Z | **Tuna**, sometimes called **tuna fish**, are several species (kinds) of fish. They are in the family **Scombridae**, mostly in the genus ***Thunnus***.
Tuna are fast swimmers. People have seen tuna swim at up to 77 km/h. Several species of tuna are warm-blooded. Most species of fish have white flesh. The flesh of the... | [] |
4,603 | 15,279 | 586 | Fishing hook | 2020-12-22T21:12:23Z | A **fishing hook** is a hook used to catch fish. There are many types of fishing hooks. Most have a sharp point which sticks into the fish when it is caught. There are lots of types of fishing hooks, and they all depend on how powerful they can hold the line and the size. Many hooks have different sizes for different f... | [] |
4,604 | 15,281 | 532,461 | Fishing rod | 2026-07-26T04:37:29Z | A **fishing rod** is a tool used for catching fish. The rod is often used to cast a fishing hook to where the fish are. The hook has bait on it, sometimes an artificial bait. There is usually some way to make the line longer or shorter, and the pole it is can bend a little.
This is called angling and it is how people ... | [] |
4,605 | 15,282 | 532,461 | Mammalia (taxonomy) | 2026-05-26T00:15:21Z | **Mammalia** is a class of animal in the phylum Chordata. What it means to be a mammal has changed many times since Carl Linnaeus first defined the class. No system is accepted by everyone. McKenna & Bell (1997) and Wilson & Reader (2005) give useful recent compendiums. Many earlier ideas from Linnaeus and others are n... | [] |
4,606 | 15,290 | 966,595 | Nottuln | 2022-10-07T10:28:19Z | **Nottuln** is a town in Coesfeld county, 20 km west of Münster, Germany.
It consists of
- Nottuln
- Appelhülsen
- Schapdetten
- Darup
## History
A church was founded in 860 by Ludger Liudger, as well as the first monastery in Westphalia.
After a big fire 1748 it was built up by Johann Conrad Schlaun.
The county of... | [] |
4,607 | 15,291 | 966,595 | Coesfeld | 2022-10-07T10:28:19Z | **Coesfeld** is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the capital of Coesfeld county.
Nepomucenum and St.-Pius-Gymnasium are highschools in Coesfeld.
## History
Coesfeld was founded by the holy Ludgerus. Coesfeld has been a town since 1197.
Big villages in county Coesfeld:
- Nottuln
- Senden
- Dülmen
- Hav... | [] |
4,608 | 15,292 | 1,464,674 | St.-Pius-Gymnasium | 2024-06-19T22:21:49Z | **St.-Pius-Gymnasium** is a catholic private highschool in Coesfeld near Münster in Germany. It is held by the diocese of Münster and named after Pope Pius X. . Until 1976 the school was a boarding school only for boys. Since then it has been a *Gymnasium*. Today, there are 791 pupils.
There is a statue of Pius X on t... | [] |
4,609 | 15,293 | 532,461 | Cell membrane | 2026-07-26T01:16:18Z | The **cell membrane** is a thin flexible layer around the cells of all living things. It is sometimes called the **plasma membrane** or cytoplasmic membrane.
Its basic job is to separate the inside of cells from the outside.
In all cells, the cell membrane separates the cytoplasm inside the cell from its surroundings.... | [] |
4,610 | 15,294 | 1,810,849 | Morocco | 2026-05-28T07:32:03Z | **Morocco**, officially the **Kingdom of Morocco**, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
## Politics
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy. The political powers are shared between the king Muhammad VI (the sixth) and the Head of the Government. The King is the head of state (Person in charge of the coun... | [] |
4,611 | 15,295 | 1,753,479 | Andrew Johnson | 2026-02-24T02:39:48Z | **Andrew Johnson** (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States from 1865 to 1869. He was the 16th Vice President of the United States from March to April 1865. He became president after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. He opposed the 14th Amendment and violated the Tenure ... | [] |
4,612 | 15,296 | 314,522 | 1808 | 2025-07-11T18:53:52Z | {{#Year article header}}1808{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 13 – Frederick VI becomes king of Denmark. The next day, Denmark declares war on Sweden.
- March 19 – Charles IV of Spain leaves the throne for his son, Ferdinand VII.
- November 15 – Mahmud II (1808–1839) succeeds Mustafa IV (1807–1808) as sulta... | [] |
4,613 | 15,297 | 1,604,351 | Starfish | 2025-08-16T22:29:54Z | **Starfish**, or **sea stars**, are Echinoderms of the Class Asteroidea.^p35^
All live in the ocean, on the sea floor. Many starfish live in deep water, others in shallow water. Some live in the intertidal zone, between low and high tide. They have five or more arms and can be quite large. The Sunflower sea star (*Pyc... | [] |
4,614 | 15,298 | 10,491,963 | 1582 | 2025-09-02T20:09:46Z | **1582** (MDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.
This year, the Gregorian calendar was introduced by Papal bull. The new calendar was adopted by Spain, Portugal, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and most of present-day Italy from the start. In those countries, the year continued as ... | [] |
4,615 | 15,300 | 532,461 | Jellyfish | 2026-08-27T05:58:19Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Paraphyletic group"><div data-arg data-name="name">Jellyfish</div><div data-arg data-name="image">Jelly cc11.jpg</div><div data-arg data-name="image_alt">Pacific sea nettle ("Chrysaora fuscescens")</div><div data-arg data-name="image_caption">Pacific sea nettle (<em>C... | [] |
4,616 | 15,301 | 9,994,072 | Tilapia | 2025-01-05T22:34:31Z | **Tilapia** are fish that are often farmed for food, or kept as pets in aquariums. They live in warm, fresh water, but some species live in brackish water. The fish are found in Africa, North and South America, India, and Sri Lanka. Tilapia are in the Cichlid family.
They are listed as some of the worlds worst introdu... | [] |
4,617 | 15,302 | 1,055,265 | Sardine | 2023-06-26T15:25:06Z | **Sardine** is a name of several kinds of fish, especially oily fish. Another name for these fish is **Pilchard**. All of those fish are quite small and are related to the herring. The Latin name of the family of these fish is Clupeidae. However, the naming is not precise. Fishbase, a database about all kinds of fish, ... | [] |
4,618 | 15,304 | 1,464,674 | Bone | 2025-04-30T21:34:07Z | **Bones** are parts of the skeleton of vertebrates. They also protect organs inside our body.
The bones are the framework of the body. Without them we would be a pile of organs and skin on the ground and would not be able to move.
Bones also protect us. The skull protects the brain and the ribs protect the heart and ... | [] |
4,619 | 15,316 | 1,733,321 | Anteater | 2026-01-24T18:26:39Z | An **anteater** is a mammal of the family ***Myrmecophagidae*** and the suborder ***Vermilingua***. Anteaters live in South America and Central America.
Anteaters eat ants and termites. They have long, sharp claws and a long, sticky tongue. The tongue can be up to 60 cm long, as long as a person's arm. The anteater op... | [] |
4,620 | 15,318 | 586 | Sorghum | 2020-12-17T01:37:01Z | ***Sorghum*** is a genus in the grass family *Poaceae*. The plants are grown in warmer climates. Species grow naturally in tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to Oceania and Australasia. Because many species of Sorghum are resistant to drought and high temperatures, it is a very important foo... | [] |
4,621 | 15,321 | 484,975 | Polar bear | 2026-09-08T23:23:38Z | The **polar bear** (*Ursus maritimus*) is a large bear which lives in the Arctic. It has black skin under the white fur. They are strong and fast, and can run as fast as 25 miles (40 km) an hour for a short distance.
In 2022, there were around 22,000 polar bears in the world. There is an extinct subspecies called *Urs... | [] |
4,622 | 15,322 | 1,076,609 | The Blues Image | 2024-02-17T03:19:02Z | **The Blues Image** was a late 1960s rock band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1966, and their only hit was the song "Ride, Captain, Ride". Members are singer and guitarist Michael Pinera, drummer Manuel Bertematti, and drummer Joe Lala. They were later joined by bassist Malcolm Jones and keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte.
#... | [] |
4,623 | 15,323 | 935,234 | Drummer | 2023-05-06T21:23:03Z | A **drummer** is a person who plays the drums as a job or as a hobby. This can be someone who plays drums in the military, in a band or as a session musician. A session musician is someone who plays an instrument in a band when no one else is available. A drummer keeps the beat so their role is a hard and important job... | [] |
4,624 | 15,324 | 1,452,189 | Singer | 2026-10-01T07:28:18Z | A **Singer** is a person who sings; anyone who is singing is a singer. Some people do it as a job (professional singer), others may sing without being paid (amateur singer). Singers may sing anything: songs, opera, etc. They may be accompanied by an instrument or an orchestra. Some singers also play a musical instrumen... | [] |
4,625 | 15,325 | 10,471,862 | Keyboardist | 2025-08-22T01:37:08Z | A **keyboardist** is a musician who plays one or more of the musical instruments called keyboard instruments, such as the piano, organ, or electronic synthesizer. They may also use MIDI. A person who plays piano is also called a pianist. A person who plays organ is called an organist. Many types of music use keyboardis... | [] |
4,626 | 15,362 | 5,295 | Mao Zedong | 2026-07-22T06:45:06Z | **Mao Zedong** (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Communist politician and revolutionary. He was also called **Chairman Mao**, because he was the first Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1943 until his death in 1976.
Mao founded the People's Republic of China (PRC), and was its first ... | [] |
4,627 | 15,368 | 532,461 | Opus Dei | 2026-03-25T22:41:46Z | **Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei** (more commonly known as **Opus Dei**) is an organization of the Roman Catholic Church. ("Opus Dei" means "Work of God" in Latin.) Opus Dei says that the Catholic Church gave them a special job: to tell everyone that God wants them to be close to him. This means that everyon... | [] |
4,628 | 15,416 | 1,674,404 | Superhero | 2026-09-21T14:46:44Z |
A **superhero** is a type of fictional character who has powers that ordinary people do not, and uses them to protect innocent people from danger.
Superheroes in concept have been imagined since the times of Ancient Greece, but the modern idea of superheroes arose with the creation of Superman in 1939.
Modern super... | [] |
4,629 | 15,420 | 314,522 | Paul Karrer | 2025-06-17T22:02:22Z | **Paul Karrer** (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss biochemist best known for his work on vitamins. He and Norman Haworth won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1937.
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4,630 | 15,421 | 1,626,716 | Smush Parker | 2026-07-25T00:48:13Z | **William "Smush" Parker** (born 1 June 1981 in New York, New York) is a professional player in the American National Basketball Association.
Parker was not selected in the NBA player draft after a college career at Fordham University, and has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns, signi... | [] |
4,631 | 15,423 | 1,011,873 | 1462 | 2025-11-09T15:51:35Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1462{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1462{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 27 – Vasili II of Russia dies. He is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
- July 1 – Battle of Seckenheim
- June 27 – Louis XII of France
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4,632 | 15,428 | 693,482 | Half-Life (video game) | 2026-07-26T09:30:34Z | ***Half-Life*** is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game developed by Valve Software and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1998, based on a very changed *Quake* game engine. It was first published for PCs running Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console. A por... | [] |
4,633 | 15,429 | 10,249,908 | 1681 | 2025-05-11T07:04:33Z | {{#Year article header}}1681{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 14 – Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
- October 28 – A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics."
- August 31 – Titus Oates is to... | [] |
4,634 | 15,430 | 1,729,361 | Anonymity | 2026-01-19T01:31:24Z | **Anonymity** means "namelessness" and comes from Greek words meaning "without name". It is when a person's identity or name is unknown. If a person is called **anonymous**, nobody knows who he or she is, or the anonymous person does not want to be found out.
The concept of anonymity has some important uses. It is vi... | [] |
4,635 | 15,431 | 1,604,351 | Spectroscopy | 2025-05-04T23:12:45Z | **Spectroscopy** is the study of light as a function of length of the wave that has been emitted, reflected or shone through a solid, liquid, or gas.
To be analysed the chemical is heated, because each chemical glows differently. The various wavelengths of the glow make a color spectrum which differs in some detail f... | [] |
4,636 | 15,437 | 10,283,860 | Equestrianism | 2025-05-25T17:59:37Z | {{sports}}
**Equestrianism** (also called **horse riding** in Commonwealth English and **horseback riding** in American English) is the sport of people riding horses. Horses are used in many different competitions.
Within the sport, there are several types of riding, such as English and Western.
English riding is par... | [] |
4,637 | 15,439 | 10,228,334 | United States Virgin Islands | 2025-05-01T05:11:50Z | The ***United States Virgin Islands*** are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are currently owned and under the authority of the United States Government. They used to be owned by Denmark (and called *Danish West Indies*). They were sold to the U.S. on January 17, 1917, because of fear that the Germans would... | [] |
4,638 | 15,440 | 248,920 | Chester A. Arthur | 2025-12-04T17:45:48Z | **Chester Alan Arthur** (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. Before becoming president, he was most noted as the Collector of Customs for the Port of New York, a job he got from his political friendships. Arthur was the first president of the United States... | [] |
4,639 | 15,446 | 86,802 | Wizardry | 2025-02-26T22:07:08Z | ***Wizardry*** is a series of computer role-playing games that were popular in the 1980s. First, made for the Apple II, they were later moved to other platforms. The latest game in the series, *Wizardry 8*, is only for Windows.
*Wizardry* began as a simple dungeon crawl by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead. It w... | [] |
4,640 | 15,451 | 1,734,355 | United States Army | 2026-06-23T08:41:41Z | The **United States Army** is a branch (or section) of the United States Armed Forces that deals mainly with land-based missions. Oher parts of the military deal with air and sea missions. the Army's current Commander-in-Chief is the U.S. President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Secretary of the Army, a civilian, leads the ar... | [] |
4,641 | 15,452 | 1,692,880 | Charlemagne | 2025-11-14T19:50:02Z | **Charlemagne** (IPAC: ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn ; Carolus Magnus, French: Charlemagnes, Charles the Great, Karl der Große, Karel de Grote) (c. 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was the King of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor. He was crowned as emperor on Christmas Day in 800. He was the older son of King Pepin III of the Ca... | [] |
4,642 | 15,454 | 22,027 | Marlow, Buckinghamshire | 2025-08-03T04:59:00Z | **Marlow** is a town on the banks of the River Thames, on the southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England.
## Other websites
- [Official website](http://www.marlowsociety.org.uk/)
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4,643 | 15,455 | 532,461 | Italian unification | 2026-05-04T13:35:13Z | **Italian unification** (Unità d'Italia), also known as the **Risorgimento** (meaning "the Resurgence"), refers to the Italian movement that united the Italian states in the 19th century.
Napoléon Bonaparte invaded Italy in 1796 and later controlled it. When he was defeated in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo, the free ... | [] |
4,644 | 15,457 | 1,011,873 | Meditation | 2026-01-31T01:26:47Z | **Meditation** is a practice or exercise, where an individual trains one's attention and awareness to get to a clearer and calmer state. Scholars have found meditation difficult to define. The practices vary both between traditions and within them. Generally meditation tries to get past the "thinking" mind and aims to ... | [] |
4,645 | 15,460 | 1,880,873 | List of Nobel Peace Prize winners | 2026-09-28T13:07:17Z | The **Nobel Peace Prize** is one of six awards in the memory of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. Every year the organization gives out six awards for the people "who best benefit mankind through their actions" in one of the six subjects; peace, literature, physics, chemistry, economics, and medicine.
The Peace ... | [] |
4,646 | 15,472 | 1,011,873 | Celtic Park | 2024-10-10T21:48:11Z | **Celtic Park** is a football stadium in Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. It is the home ground of Celtic Football Club.
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4,647 | 15,473 | 548,298 | Romanian language | 2026-09-03T12:33:37Z | The **Romanian language** is a Romance language, meaning it comes from Latin like French, Spanish and Italian. It has 66% Latin-based words and around 20-25% Slavic-based words. The rest are newer and come from Dacian, Turkish, Greek, or English. There are about 28 million speakers: 24 million who speak it as their mot... | [] |
4,648 | 15,483 | 966,595 | Ealing | 2021-05-08T08:18:28Z | **Ealing** is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, most famous for the Ealing Studios, a movie studio. In 2011, the population was estimated at 339,300 and contains seven distinct town centres – Ealing, Hanwell, Acton, Southall, Greenford, Perivale and Northolt.
The borough of Ealing has a total of 91 state-run sc... | [] |
4,649 | 15,497 | 1,464,674 | Ear | 2025-11-25T13:09:10Z | The **ear** is the part of the body which allows animals (including people) to hear. People and most mammals have ears. Non-mammals, such as lizards or frogs, can also hear, but may have holes instead of external ears. The ear works by directing sound waves to the inner ear. These vibrations are sent to the brain by an... | [] |
4,650 | 15,507 | 1,658,807 | Czech language | 2025-11-05T17:44:49Z | The **Czech language** (čeština in czech, ˈtʃɛʃcɪna) is a Slavic language officially spoken by people in the Czech Republic. Ten million people speak it. It is very similar to the Slovak language; the differences between these two languages are small enough that speakers of Czech and Slovak usually understand each othe... | [] |
4,651 | 15,511 | 693,482 | William Howard Taft | 2026-07-26T17:32:19Z | **William Howard Taft** (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913. He was the only president who also served on the Supreme Court; he was Chief Justice. He was 5 ft tall and weighed over 350 lb at the end of his presidency.
## Early life
Taft was born on Se... | [] |
4,652 | 15,512 | 1,765,055 | Underwear | 2026-05-22T19:41:36Z | {{Undergarment}}
**Underwear** are clothes worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer clothes from being made dirty by sweat. They also shape the body and provide support for parts of it, and in cold weather help the wearer to keep warm. Underwear can be used to protect the wearer's modesty, as w... | [] |
4,653 | 15,513 | 236,252 | Monica Lewinsky | 2025-05-30T03:22:41Z | **Monica Samille Lewinsky** (born July 23, 1973 in San Francisco) is an American fashion designer, television personality, and anti-bullying activist.
In 1998, she became well known for being part of a scandal between her and then President of the United States, Bill Clinton. The scandal involved claims that she had h... | [] |
4,654 | 15,515 | 1,011,873 | 1190 | 2025-10-09T14:23:29Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1190{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1190{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 16 — Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders and Richard Malebys kill 150–500 Jews in Clifford's Tower.
- June 10 — Third Crusade: Frederick I Ba... | [] |
4,655 | 15,516 | 532,461 | William S. Burroughs | 2025-04-23T19:47:04Z | **William Seward Burroughs** (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer. He was a contemporary and friend of writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
Burroughs was a member of the family who owned the Burroughs Cash Register Company. A family trust paid him an income, so he did not have to work a regul... | [] |
4,656 | 15,517 | 10,249,798 | 1773 | 2025-05-11T06:42:19Z | {{#Year article header}}1773{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- December 16 – At the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty throw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This will help start the American Revolutionary War.
## Births
- February 9 – William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States (d. 1841... | [] |
4,657 | 15,518 | 40,117 | Uganda | 2026-06-22T04:53:01Z | **The Republic of Uganda** is a landlocked country in east Africa. It shares land borders with five countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, Kenya to the east, South Sudan to the north, Rwanda to the south-west, and Tanzania to the south. The capital and largest city is Kampala.
The curren... | [] |
4,658 | 15,519 | 9,690,808 | Mike Judge | 2024-08-09T12:42:31Z | **Mike Judge** (born October 17, 1962) is an American animator, actor, writer, and producer. He is most famous for creating and starring in the animated television series *Beavis and Butt-head* and *King of the Hill*. Judge also wrote, directed, and played a small part in the 1999 movie *Office Space*, and directed the... | [] |
4,659 | 15,520 | 1,398,040 | Missing Persons | 2024-11-07T21:20:56Z | **Missing Persons** was an American new wave band formed in the 1980s while working with Frank Zappa.
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4,660 | 15,525 | 1,237,047 | Blackpool | 2025-07-16T23:56:52Z | **Blackpool** is a seaside town in Lancashire, in the north west of England. The town is on the coast of the Irish Sea. Blackpool had a population of 142,283 as of the 2001 census.
Blackpool became important for tourism during the 19th century. It is known for its beaches and amusement parks. It is also the home to a ... | [] |
4,661 | 15,526 | 1,035,196 | Francisco Franco | 2025-10-13T04:38:48Z | **Francisco Franco** (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade, 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military leader who ruled as fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death.
His ideology was called *Francoism* (franquismo) or Falangism.
## Life
### Civil ... | [] |
4,662 | 15,528 | 1,860,945 | Police officer | 2026-08-24T19:16:14Z | A **police officer** is a serving member of a police force. Police officers arrest criminals, prevent crime, protect and help the public, and keep public order. Officers have legally authorized powers, which in Britain is called a *warrant*.
## Powers and duties
A police officer's job is to protect the public, make ... | [] |
4,663 | 15,538 | 70,336 | Dutch people | 2025-05-06T23:34:15Z | The **Dutch** are the people who live in the Netherlands, or those that come from the Netherlands. Often the Netherlands is called Holland, but this is only part of the Netherlands. The Dutch culture and nation are also found outside of the Netherlands, with large number of Dutch living in the United States of America,... | [] |
4,664 | 15,547 | 196,884 | Liquid Paper | 2025-01-30T20:52:19Z | **Liquid Paper**, also called **white out** and **correction fluid**, is used to correct mistakes made in writing on typewriters and with ink. It was originally called **Mistake Out** and was invented by [Bette Nesmith Graham](https://www.thoughtco.com/liquid-paper-bette-nesmith-graham-1992092) in 1951, who was working... | [] |
4,665 | 15,548 | 248,920 | Doris Day | 2022-06-12T11:20:02Z | **Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff** (April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American singer, actress and animal welfare activist. She is known for her blonde, wholesome image. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. All her grandparents were German immigrants.
## Career
### Singing
She sang with the big bands. She started with Le... | [] |
4,666 | 15,549 | 1,697,917 | Jack the Ripper | 2025-12-25T14:04:16Z | **Jack the Ripper** is the name given to an unidentified serial killer. He was active during the summer and autumn of 1888 in the Whitechapel district of London, England, which was known for its overpopulation and prostitution.
## The victims
The main victims thought to be killed by the Ripper were five prostitutes:
... | [] |
4,667 | 15,550 | 586 | Johnny Rivers | 2023-10-26T08:51:33Z | **Johnny Rivers** (born **John Ramistella** on November 7, 1942 in New York City) is an American rock and roll musician. He grew up in Louisiana. He was popular in the 1960s and 1970s for his songs like "Secret Agent Man", "The Poor Side of Town", "Baby I Need Your Lovin", "The Midnight Special", and "Swayin' To The Mu... | [] |
4,668 | 15,553 | 8,779,154 | Dr. John | 2023-04-18T20:49:28Z | **Malcolm John Rebennack** (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known as **Dr. John**, was an American musician from New Orleans. He was known for his singles "I Walk on Guilded Splinters", "Right Place, Wrong Time" and "Down in New Orleans".
## Death
Rebennack died on June 6, 2019 from a heart attack at the ag... | [] |
4,669 | 15,554 | 1,745,161 | Death metal | 2026-02-11T04:30:10Z | **Death metal** is a style of heavy metal that is very fast, mean and brutal. It has very angry and low singing that sounds like Cookie Monster from the TV show Sesame Street. Most death metal has very fast guitar and drum beats. Almost every death metal drummer plays with two bass drums (or a type of pedal that has tw... | [] |
4,670 | 15,555 | 5,295 | Suffolk | 2026-04-02T05:43:13Z | **Suffolk** is an East Anglian county in England (UK) The counties around Suffolk are Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea is on the east. The county town is Ipswich and other big towns include Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds. Felixstowe is one of the largest container po... | [] |
4,671 | 15,556 | 103,847 | Etymology | 2023-02-07T17:33:05Z | **Etymology** is the study of the origin and meaning of words and names. It tells us how words have changed over time, and what other languages they came from. For example, the etymology of the word *etymology* is from the Greek words ἔτυμον (*étymon*, "true meaning", from *etymos* "true") and λόγος (*lógos*, "word" o... | [] |
4,672 | 15,557 | 1,302,546 | Mule | 2026-06-19T17:15:55Z | A **mule** is a anima`<nowiki/>`{=html}l hybrid of a female horse (a mare) and a male donkey (a jack). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two possible first-generation hybrids between them, the mule is easier to obtain and more common than the hinny, which is t... | [] |
4,673 | 15,559 | 532,461 | Dead Sea | 2026-08-12T19:56:07Z | The **Dead Sea** is a lake in the southwest of Asia. It is the Earth's lowest surface, located 420 meters (1,380 feet) below sea level. The sea is drying up as basin countries use water from its tributaries for drinking water and processes like irrigation.
The Dead Sea is almost nine times as salty as the ocean becaus... | [] |
4,674 | 15,560 | 314,538 | Grizzly bear | 2026-01-08T03:33:49Z | The **grizzly bear** (*Ursus arctos horribilis*), also known as the **North American brown bear** or simply **grizzly**, is a large subspecies of the brown bear that lives in North America. Grizzly bears were almost hunted to extinction in the United States because they were seen as a threat. In the late 20th century a... | [] |
4,675 | 15,563 | 1,618,275 | American black bear | 2026-09-09T01:36:15Z | The **American black bear** (*Ursus americanus*) is North America's smallest and most common species of bear. Black bears usually live in forested areas, but do leave forests in search of food. Sometimes they become attracted to human activity due to a lack of food. The American black bear is listed by the IUCN as Leas... | [] |
4,676 | 15,566 | 16,695 | Fur | 2026-09-21T05:52:39Z | **Fur** is the hair of mammals. Different species may have quite different styles of hair, making them more or less suitable to the fur trade, but many are as follows:
Fur usually consists of two main layers:
- Down hair (known also as undercoat or ground hair) — the bottom layer. They are wool hairs, usually wavy or... | [] |
4,677 | 15,567 | 248,920 | Jackson Pollock | 2025-11-13T17:42:36Z | **Paul Jackson Pollock** (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. He became famous for painting in the abstract expressionist style. Pollock's most famous paintings were made by dripping and splashing paint on a large canvas. His nickname was **Jack the Dripper**. Because of the method, this style ... | [] |
4,678 | 15,569 | 22,027 | Otto Struve | 2024-10-18T15:07:50Z | **Otto Struve** (12 August 1897 – 6 April 1963) was a Russian astronomer. He was the grandson of Otto Wilhelm von Struve and the great-grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm von Struve.
Struve's education at the University of Kharkov was interrupted by World War I and the Russian Civil War, which left him a refugee in Turkey. ... | [] |
4,679 | 15,580 | 15,149 | Tamerlane | 2026-07-02T15:43:01Z | **Timur** (**Emir Timur**), **Tamerlane** or **Tamerbeg** (9 April 1336 – 17 February 1405) was a Central Asian conqueror of Mongolian origin in the 14th century who is regarded as one of history's greatest military leaders and strategists. He founded the Timurid Empire in 1370. The empire was large and included Transo... | [] |
4,680 | 15,583 | 1,800,826 | Augustus | 2026-05-09T11:41:08Z | **Augustus** (Imperator Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was the first Roman Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He led Rome in its transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.
When Julius Caesar was assassinated, Augustus and his allies fought against the ... | [] |
4,681 | 15,585 | 693,482 | Camel | 2026-08-03T16:35:20Z | **Camels** are mammals of the Camelidae family. Camels form the genus ***Camelus***. There are three living species of camels. Best-known are the dromedary (one hump) and Bactrian (two humps) camels.
The camelids, as a family, include the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña.
The ... | [] |
4,682 | 15,589 | 10,251,176 | 15th century | 2025-05-11T14:33:06Z | The **15th century** was the century from 1401 to 1500.
## Decades and years
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\| ***1390s***
\| *1390*
\| *1391*
\| *1392*
\| *1393*
\| *1394*
\| *1395*
\| *1396*
\| *1397*
\| *1398*
\| *1399*
\|-
\| **1400s**
\| *1400*
\... | [] |
4,683 | 15,590 | 10,251,172 | 14th century | 2025-05-11T14:32:42Z | The **14th century** was the century from 1301 to 1400.
## Decades and years
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{\| border\="0" cellspacing\="5"
\| ***1290s***
\| *1290*
\| *1291*
\| *1292*
\| *1293*
\| *1294*
\| *1295*
\| *1296*
\| *1297*
\| *1298*
\| *1299*
\|-
\| **1300s**
\| *1300*
\... | [] |
4,684 | 15,591 | 1,821,842 | 13th century | 2026-06-30T21:23:27Z | The **13th century** was the century from 1201 to 1300.
## Decades and years
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\| ***1190s***
\| *1190*
\| *1191*
\| *1192*
\| *1193*
\| *1194*
\| *1195*
\| *1196*
\| *1197*
\| *1198*
\| *1199*
\|-
\| **1200s**
\| *1200*
\... | [] |
4,685 | 15,592 | 1,806,463 | 12th century | 2026-05-21T20:43:51Z | The **12th century** was the century from 1101 to 1200.
## Decades and years
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{\| border\="0" cellspacing\="5"
\|-
\| **1100s**
\| *1100*
\| 1101
\| 1102
\| 1103
\| 1104
\| 1105
\| 1106
\| 1107
\| 1108
\| 1109
\|-
\| **1110s**
\| 1110
\| 1111
\| 1112
\|... | [] |
4,686 | 15,594 | 183,741 | Mammalogy | 2016-10-17T04:02:38Z | **Mammalogy** is the study of the mammals. Mammalogy has also been known as "**mastology**," "**theriology**," and "**therology**."
Mammals are a group of vertebrate animals. There are about 4,200 different species of animals which are considered mammals. The major branches to study in the mammalogy career include:
... | [] |
4,687 | 15,596 | 693,482 | Antibiotics | 2026-08-05T03:09:17Z | An **antibiotic** (or **antibacterial**) is a chemical compound is made to kill bacteria or slow their growth. They are used as medicines to treat and cure disease caused by bacteria. The first antibiotic discovered was Penicillin, a natural antibiotic produced by a fungus. Production of antibiotics first began in 1939... | [] |
4,688 | 15,599 | 1,452,189 | Sexism | 2026-09-08T16:59:02Z | **Sexism** is generally defined as the bias, prejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of gender, i.e. looking down on a person for being male or female.
## Overview
Sexism may also include stereotyped roles by gender. International laws, such as the *Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discr... | [] |
4,689 | 15,600 | 532,461 | Go (board game) | 2026-07-19T16:20:16Z | **Go** is a board game for two players. It is called *Wei-k'i* (or Wei-chi) in Chinese, *Patok* or *Baduk* in Korean and *I-go* in Japanese.
Go is played on a board with black and white game pieces called stones. Players take turns placing a stone of their color on intersections of a 19x19 square grid. The player wit... | [] |
4,690 | 15,602 | 693,482 | Gulf War | 2026-07-26T14:52:33Z | The **Gulf War** was a conflict between Iraq and 42 other countries, led by the United States. It started with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990. Iraq had claimed Kuwait as part of its territory. Iraq is said to have suffered around 80,000–100,000 soldier losses.
There were two military operations.
Operatio... | [] |
4,691 | 15,605 | 1,870,506 | Sicily | 2026-09-11T13:17:35Z | **Sicily**^\[p\]^ is the largest island in the Mediterranean. Along with some smaller islands it is an autonomous region of Italy. The capital city of Sicily is Palermo. The population was about 5,087,000 (over five million) in 2004. Sicily is the biggest region in the nation of Italy.
Phoenician and Greek people colo... | [] |
4,692 | 15,606 | 1,689,578 | Donkey | 2025-11-09T08:34:31Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="redirect3"><div data-arg>Jackass</div><div data-arg>For the TV show, see Jackass (TV series)</div></template>
A **donkey** or **ass** (*Equus africanus asinus*) is a mammal of the Equidae family.
The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African wild ass, *E. africanus... | [] |
4,693 | 15,618 | 5,295 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2026-02-18T20:42:24Z | ***Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*** was written by J. K. Rowling and published on 16 July 2005. The book is the sixth Harry Potter book.
In the sixth book Harry begins his sixth year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. During the year he ha... | [] |
4,694 | 15,621 | 532,461 | Persian language | 2026-07-25T23:54:04Z | **Persian**, also called **Farsi**, is a Western Iranian language. It is one of the co official language`<nowiki/>`{=html}s of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan and is also spoken by some people in Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
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4,695 | 15,624 | 1,475,106 | Copenhagen | 2026-04-10T00:38:04Z | **Copenhagen** is the capital city of Denmark. It is also the largest city in Denmark. In 2014, 1,246,611 people lived in the urban area. Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand and the smaller island named Amager.
Founded as a Viking fishing village. Copenhagen was built in the 12th century A.D. and got City rights in... | [] |
4,696 | 15,627 | 1,541,887 | Nepali language | 2025-06-04T23:19:37Z | {{Constitutionally recognised languages in India}}
The **Nepali language** is the official language of Nepal and a language in India. Besides Nepal it is spoken in India, Bhutan and parts of Burma. In the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal also it is an official language. This language is also known as Gorkhali ... | [] |
4,697 | 15,628 | 1,687,111 | Kathmandu | 2025-11-09T15:52:16Z | **Kathmandu** is the capital city of Nepal. It is the largest city of Nepal. The population of the capital city was 856,767 according to the 2021 census. It is a historical city and has many temples and palaces.
## Climate
Kathmandu experiences a subtropical highland climate with distinct seasons. Winters are cool a... | [] |
4,698 | 15,632 | 10,251,165 | 11th century | 2025-05-11T14:31:39Z | The **11th century** was the century from 1001 to 1100.
## Decades and years
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\|-
\|**990s**
\|*990*
\|*991*
\|*992*
\|*993*
\|*994*
\|*995*
\|*996*
\|*997*
\|*998*
\|*999*
\|-
\| **1000s**
\| *1000*
\| 1001
\| 1002
\| 10... | [] |
4,699 | 15,634 | 10,251,164 | 10th century | 2025-05-11T14:31:25Z | The **10th century** was a century that lasted from 901 to 1000. It was the last century of the 1st millennium.
## Decades and years
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\| ***890s***
\| *890*
\| *891*
\| *892*
\| *893*
\| *894*
\| *895*
\| *896*
\| *897*
\|... | [] |
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